WHY HE A UOTTLDN*: DIVORCE GE2 Black and yellow woe hat upon bis bro* ambition had fled from liis eyes, and his gait was slow and shambling. He heaved tf deep and melancholy sigh as ho removed a shabby slouched hat from the masses of unkempt hair upon the crown of his in" .ellectual developments, andbegan tokneedit nervously while standing in helpless aban donment of hidden grief before the keenly alert lawyer, whose vigilant scent sniffed 8 coming fee. ' Whit can I do for you, sir?" The unhappy mortal began to gnaw at the ragged edge of his hat. while a tumult ol internal sobbing seemed to rack his bosom. At last he managed to articulate, in broken wqispers:— " Nothing! alao, I fear you can do nothing." " Oh, nonsense. Unburden your trouble, man, and permit an experienced and shrewd limb ol Blaekstone to be the judge." " JIa; think you can help me?" the withered limnn being exclaimed, with a sudden darj of animation, which relapsed again as quickly under the power of n Jong-drawn s...

For nil complaints arising Irom a disordered stomach, Liver ami Kid-' neys, Dr. Morse's Indian Rent 1' 11 is are without equal, and they are iIn> Perfect Kemedy in Ad l-cnu-Je Ail ments. They arc not advertised as a groat "Cure .All," lint- as a Sai'«*, Sure and Keliahle Remedy l"« ;r tin; Lit tic Ills of Life, for which they are unex celled. People v> ho eal and drink ton much, or fj;et- their system ni'^i i'mm any oilier cause, need a medicine ol this kind to keep the tli«r.c^i ive track in proper working order. J!ativ si-rioti: illnesses are avoided hy keeping such a simple remedy at hand, and euee or twice a \vo"k taking a dose suiiiei.-nl to cleanse and lone I he ;-;\stem. 'i his is the secret- ol e(.ud health in .Man. Womnii, and (:!ii|il, and anyi'iic i.:iI:,.s_ to I'ci'n;;!', i&amp;lt;-e ! !iis simple I'ael ni:is a serious risk of contract in;/, any oi She dreaiicdjji-oiiipl.dll is mi common. 'i'm old sayii:;i, "An ounce of pn >. • n I ,'on is worth a pound of c...

STRIKE AT EXFORD. Owing to t.he contractors for the l)nil;liisir of a weir at Exford, near Mellon i.M'-ssrs. antl Trench) inving refused to pay the labourers a minimum rate of 9/ a day. they have ceased work. The weir is lieing eOu k:met&amp;lt;•:! for the Vv'ater Supply de partment iu connection with the Wer ril>w irrigation scheme. Last week Vlie contractors informed Mr. D. Cul liney. secretary of the United Labour ers' Union, that not more than S/6 \rouUl he paid for pick and shovel work. Mr. Culiiney has stated that the specifications for the contract pro vide for the payment of the standard rate in the metropolitan area, or, fail ing that, the rates set down in a wages board determination or an Arbitration Court award. All the contractors for the construction of the O'Shannassy water scheme, the metropolitan sewer age sysiem. the Lilydale and Ballarat reservoirs, and the Victorian .Railways were paying \)j a day and upwards to navvies. While sometimes is low as 7/G was f...

i-tfr* IN THE ALLEGHEN1 A type of pioneer still existing in the Allegheny mountains, but fast passing away, is the old-time lumberman and wood-chopper. At the present day the | number of men engaged in that healthy but arduous occupation is but small com pared with the thousands that laboured in the pine forests a few decades since. Still the lumberman met with occasion* j ally in the interior of Pennsylvania faith- j fully portrays the characteristics of the class. Attired in a costume which would cause a sensation upon Broadway, he stalks along without attracting the slightest notice from the inhabitants, with whom his appearance is too familial to cause comment. The genuine old time woodsman will seen in midwinter wearing a fur cap, th« material of which is possibly a trophy of his rifle. A heavy and exceedingly loud pattern flannel shirt is his only chest covering, for he scorns the coat and vest of the towns people. A pair of commonplace trousers tucked into long stockings cove...

" HTbMBHBD-EVBEJT'/kiday. WITH SUPPLEMENT. The. Oisborne Gazette is an Advertising Medium of the Oisborne, Mellon, Bulla, Eomsey, &amp;lt;£■ Bacchus Marsh Shire Councilt FRIDAY, JANUARY 23, 191-1, MECHANICS' INSTITUTES. When Mechanics' Institutes were first established in Scotland in 1800, they were, as the title indicates, associations of mechanics—men who worked hard, but who were bent on self-improvement,. For this purpose, the centre of each institute was the reading-room and lending library, and with these, the lecture hall and classes. In Australia we havo copied the name, but in the country districts, at all events, there is little else resembling the original Mechanics' Institutes .of Great Britain. It is true there is the hall and library, but, instead of lectures, the hall is generally used for dancing, and classes have given way to billiards and cards. Our Riddell correspondent points out that the local institute is prospering, and it is satisfactory to learn such is ...

TOO APT ^T RETORT. In the lati-er &amp;lt;vtiys of Frederick the Great, be British Minister at the Court of Berlin icas Hufju PUict. The relations between Prussia and England were not altogether riendl--, and the personal intercourse between Sllio*- wid Frederick was not at all so. The king indulged in gibes and sneers but little Jispinsed—Elliot in equivocal retorts. A re jpent»ble Minister of Frederick's at the British Coim had been recalled, and replaced by n iotoriously ill-conditioned fellow, merely to ipite the English Cabinet. " What do they say of my ambassador in joudon?" askeiS Frederick, in a taunting OB",, •' That he worthily represents 'your ma. c#ty," replied Elliot, bowing to the ground. This did not mead matters, an6 the king pould not speak to Elliot at several succee^ .'ive levees. Elliot^ highly indignant, was onging for an opportunity to be revenged, nrhen, intelligencehiiving arrived that Hyder Mi Had made a (successful attack upon Bri«Sil possessions tha ki...

^^MBWaaBaggt— QUICK AS LIGHTN1KO. " Tha queerest captain I ertr Ballet with," sflid old Jack Simpson, " was I north-ooantry chap that was skipper ol 1 merchant brig in whi«h I made a voyage U Bombay when I was quite a youngster. "He drank J, bit,o* course (they all di&amp;lt; that in them days), but it wasn't that. Hi must ha' been Boms way qncer over and . above that, for the drink, instead of turning him stupid as it doeB with come men, ol makin' him merry as it does with others teemed to turn him all at.onceintoa reg'lai Bad, ranipin', roarin' tiger. " When he was in one o* tbem moods— and he was ia 'em pretty nigh every day— ; if you so much as said s word , to him hi didn't like (or sometimes if you said a word to him at all), he'd up fist and let you have it, or else give you one across the head with a belaying pin that made you see five ways at once. I've got a tidy mark here myself, as you see" (and old Jack grinned as ha pointed to a long Ecar amid his iron-grey hair), ...

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, Til]'] OLD toiiTTijJSit. &amp;lt;-Ed. Mott in New York Sun.) Tho old cat lay asleep in the corner of thl kitchen, out of everybody's way. Little Peleg, having in view a game of marbles for keeps with Bill Simmons, sat on the floor practising with his china alley on various objects. At last it struck him that the closed eye of the old cat would be about the proper sized target for him to try his skill on, and he shot his alley at it, at short range. It was a good shot. The marble hit the cat's eye fair and square The cat jumped three feet from the floor, *nd the yell she gava iwoke the Old Settler from his doze in the rush-bottomed rocking chair. "Jeewhizz!" he exclaimed. "Be wo 'tacted by cattymounts ?" " P-o-o-o-r Kittie !" said Peleg, with &amp; /Dice full of sympathy. " Did the fire snap out of tho stove and burn your head ? Grand pop, that chestnut wood is terrible snappy." The Old Settler gazed at his grandson for &amp; moment in doubt and uncertainty. " Peleg," h...